“The Wrong Side of the Rainbow” is a finalist for the 2025 Claymore Award! This is given out by Killer Nashville, a prominent mystery writers convention, for the best first 50 pages of an unpublished novel. My novel is one of five finalists in the Fantasy/SciFi category.
Being a writer’s convention, they offered a critique with your entry. Here’s how the one I received began.
“This is an incredibly inventive piece of work. It makes me think of Men in Black, especially chapter 3 in the MCSI building. I love your quirky odd characters. The story about the fire and the murder victim is secondary to this rich and imaginative world you’ve created. Brilliant.”
Killer Nashville is held at the end of August. Hmm, maybe I’ll go.